we need to make sure we've completely dismantled the taliban, they can't come. that requires two full fighting seasons. the president came back and said, i won't give you as many troops as you need, but i'll stop the surge, pull the troops out before the second fighting season is done. there's simply no military reason why you would do that, if you're going to surge our forces, prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven again, then you let the troops fight the amount of time the commanders said they need to fight. >> greta: as much as we have these political knockdown drag-out fights in this country, accusing the president of the united states of making a political decision is farther than i've seen anyone else go. i mean, do you believe it? do you think that president obama's strategy was purely for himself, purely selfish, purely political? >> absolutely. when you don't allow them to fighting through the second full fighting season. the commanders say that, and you say i'm bringing out them in september of an election year. september of an election year wi